Which to use
“motivée” and “motivés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #12,819
- “motivée” frequency rank
- #13,842
- “motivés” frequency rank
- 26661
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | motivée | motivés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de motivé. | Masculin pluriel de motivé. |
Same sound, different letters: motivée vs motivés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. motivée (CVCVCVV) and motivés (CVCVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Ear matches; page differs - motivée and motivés
This is the hard kind. motivée and motivés are pronounced identically (\mɔ.ti.ve\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by a single letter - e in “motivée” becomes s in “motivés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26661, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
motivée is recorded at frequency rank #12,819, classified as anadj, pronounced \mɔ.ti.ve\. motivés is at rank #13,842, tagged as anadj, pronounced \mɔ.ti.ve\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 26661, this pair ranks #333,596 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of motivée vs motivés
Shared letters: imotvé. Private to "motivée": e. Private to "motivés": s.
"motivée" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV · "motivés" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "motivée" and "motivés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "motivée" vs "motivés" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
"motivée" and "motivés" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "motivée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "motivés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #333,596 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "motivée" and "motivés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "motivés vs mottes". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #333,596 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.